Movers and Shakers
Miles Kimball has promoted Vicki Updike from vice president of marketing to president. The gifts cataloger’s parent company, Blyth, has also named Stan
Cross Channel
Green Mountain Coffee Acquires Diedrich
In an apparent move to acquire every licensee of its Keurig K-Cup business, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters announced Dec. 8 it has bought Diedrich Coffee for about $290 million.
J.C. Penney’s Net Income Down 78%
J.C. Penney Co. saw total third-quarter sales drop 3.2%, to $4.17 billion, compared to $4.31 billion for the same period in 2008.
Direct Sales Down 27% for Golfsmith
Third-quarter sales for golf equipment cataloger/retailer Golfsmith decreased 11%, to $90.6 million, down from $101.7 million for the same period last year.
Tall Girls Assets Acquired by U.K. Rival
Long Tall Sally, a U.K-based multichannel merchant of apparel for tall women, has acquired select assets of troubled retailer Tall Girls, including its U.S. Website and 10 Tall Girls stores in Canada.
Out of the box experiences
How do you survive these extraordinary times? You have to think in extraordinary terms and escape the shackles of the ordinary, everyday promises of quality,
The shift to a two-step conversion
One of the latter-day dangers many catalogers face is using their print editions as bland feeder-mechanisms to their Websites. Whether a target customer
Is outsourcing an option for you?
As companies desperately seek ways to reduce fulfillment costs, the outsourcing option crops up frequently these days. Is outsourcing any or all of your
Best practices for returns processing
Returns are a fact of life in the multichannel retail world, and reverse logistics is a crucial and growing part of the supply chain process. Yet many
Tales from the front
PLEASE SOBER UP BEFORE SIGNING HERE A Multichannel Merchant staffer recently placed an order with wine seller Geerlings & Wade. About three business days